breed and history of dogs

Question 1

These two descendants of the Miacis appeared 35 million years ago what are they?

Answer 1

Daphaenus and Hesperocyon

Question 2

What was considered to be the “grandfather” of the modern dogs?

Answer 2

Hesperocyon

Question 3

In Egypt what were the dogs worshiped as?

Answer 3

Gods

Question 4

What two types of dogs did the Babylonians keep?

Answer 4

greyhounds and spaniels

Question 5

What two brothers were raised by a wolf?

Answer 5

Remus and Romulus

Question 6

Which god had their gates guarded by a 3 headed dog?

Answer 6

Hades

Question 7

Who developed the Chihuahua?

Answer 7

The Aztecs

Question 8

How long ago did the Miacis appear?

Answer 8

40-50 million years ago

Question 9

What ancient ancestor was considered to be the “father” of modern dogs?

Answer 9

The Tomarctus

Question 10

The Tomarctus developed into wolves, foxes, fennecs, jackals and what?

Answer 10

Coyotes

Question 11

If someone was caught stealing a dog from the Chinese Emperor what was their punishment?

Answer 11

Death, by a thousand cuts.

Question 12

How many Ancient breeds are there?

Answer 12

Fourteen

Question 13

Why is it named the toy dog group?

Answer 13

They’re popular house pets, and their small some as small as 1.5 pounds

Question 14

What’s the smallest breed in the world?

Answer 14

The Chihuahua

Question 15

What breed was held sacred in china in ancient times?

Answer 15

The Pekingese

Question 16

Which breed dates back to 400 B.C.

Answer 16

The pug

Question 17

What breed was bred in the Forbidden City of Peking?

Answer 17

The Shih Tzu

Question 18

Which breed is descendants of the old fighting dogs in High Valleys of Tibet?

Answer 18

The Boxer

Question 19

Doberman Pinscher What breed is originated in Apoldq, in Thuringia, Germany around 1890?

Answer 19

Doberman Pinscher

Question 20

What is the descendant of Mastiff and Irish Wolfhounds

Answer 20

Great Dane

Question 21

What breed is a descendant of the Dover dog and Rome

Answer 21

Rottweiler

Question 22

Where does the Samoyed name come from?

Answer 22

The Samoyed Tribe in Siberia

Question 23

The modern dog resembles which ancient ancestor anatomically?

Answer 23

The Tomarctus’.

Question 24

Dogs have 99% the same DNA as what?

Answer 24

A wolf.

Question 25

Greece used dogs for what?

Answer 25

Watch dogs